The Report by the Middle East Forum said that one of the centers that received a grant even gave aid to two of the September 11th hijackers.
By Catholics for Catholics
Extremist groups with links to Islamist terror factions were earmarked to receive more than $25 million from the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, according to a report from the Middle East Forum.
One of the Islamic centers even provided aid to two of the September 11th hijackers, according to the report.
The Executive Director of the think tank, Gregg Roman, said that those monies were scheduled to be sent to those groups from 2013 to 2023. The forum gathered the information from public government records, according to Newsmax.
“We matched these grants with extremist groups found in our research archives to identify the misuse of taxpayer dollars on a grand scale,” he said.
“Americans should know that their hard-earned money was allocated to build up security around a luxurious mosque compound in Maryland owned by Turkey’s Islamist government and that mosques in Michigan and Texas that serve as outposts for Iran’s regime were also recipients of DHS funds,” he told JNS.
Roman said that according to the report approximately $750,000 in federal grants went “to mosques suspected of operating on behalf of the Islamic Republic of Iran or its proxies.”
Nevertheless, according to the report, Roman acknowledges that it is not known if the U.S. government ultimately paid the grants, only that it allocated them in a particular year. (JNS sought comment from the Department of Homeland Security.)
Three federal programs, the Nonprofit Security Grant Program, Countering Violent Extremism, and the Disaster Relief Fund, were set to give the funds to the extremist groups, according to Roman. The report indicates that the Nonprofit Security Grant Program is “the greatest source of DHS funding to extremist groups,” as support for the program increased from $10 million in 2012 to $454 million in 2024.
According to Newsmax, the Islamic Center of San Diego got more than $370,000 in grants between 2015 and 2023, according to the report. Two of the Sept. 11 hijackers frequented the center and “received assistance from fellow worshippers in obtaining Social Security cards and drivers’ licenses, purchasing a car and finding local housing,” according to the report.
“The pair even accessed funds from the nephew of Sept. 11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed through a bank account belonging to an administrator at ICSD,” the report adds. (JNS sought comment from the center.)
Your action is key to winning the next Presidential Election.
